He wasn’t exactly easy to spot - but this hedgehog had a lucky escape when passers-by noticed him wedged in a drain pipe.

The animal was rescued from the hole in Hayburn Lane on Tuesday by the Scottish SPCA. Robyn Lewis, animal rescue officer, explained: “The members of the public who came across the hedgehod kindly waited with him until i got there. They had tried their best to get him our on their own but were unsuccessful.

“The hedgehog was roughly the same diameter as the drain hole and was stuck around two feet deep in the ground.